Windows Azure and dynamic elasticity

Question

Is there a way do do dynamic elasticity in Windows Azure? If my workers begin to get overloaded, or queues start to get too full, or too many workers have no work to do, is

Answer 1

Windows Azure has just added the autoscaling feature built into the platform. Now it's trivially easy to configure your autoscaling rules right in the management portal:

See the announcement and the demo. I've also written a post comparing Windows Azure Autoscale to Wasabi and outlining the path forward.